Iridium 91 - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 27372U 02005A   13138.50893164  .00000400  00000-0  13559-3 0  8506
2 27372 086.4004 190.6556 0004848 092.0876 042.2404 14.34219300597962
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2013 12:12:51
Eccentricity: 0.0004848
inclination: 86.4004°
perigee height: 774 km
apogee height: 781 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.6556°
argument of perigee: 92.0876°
revolutions per day: 14.34219300
mean anomaly at epoch: 42.2404°
orbit number at epoch: 59796

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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